Auburn is a city of 13,768 people in California. The median age is 47.5, about 9 years above the US median. The typical home is worth $672,500, having roughly tripled since 2000. Density works out to 1,918 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 7%. That trails the California median by roughly 17%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,674, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 47.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
41% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 73%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Auburn
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants54.2% → 62.4%(+8.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate8.2% → 13.0%(+4.8 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Auburn's population equals 3.3% of Placer County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 6.3% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)33.7%(283)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.4%(138)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.9%(360)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0.8%(7)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 840 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Auburn, decade by decade
Auburn population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
10,592
$78,501
$391,691
26.4%
15.8
2000
12,462
$89,259
$389,470
27.7%
24.3
2010
13,330
$87,402
$655,557
32.4%
36.8
2020
13,776
$81,548
$583,597
40.4%
48.4
2024
13,768
$82,674
$672,500
40.6%
50.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
